Not understanding things-

and be careful how you use  spunk or spunky   

Or better still, don't use them at all!! 

Ok, not a word I use often, but what does spunk or spunky mean there?

x0Kiss0fDeath thank you, I did not even know there was a book, will look into that!

Ok, not a word I use often, but what does spunk or spunky mean there?

x0Kiss0fDeath thank you, I did not even know there was a book, will look into that!

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spunk

See meaning 2

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spunk

See meaning 2

But doesn't it also mean that in the US too?

I was born and raised in the UK but the first time I ever heard spunk used in the context of the second meaning was in an episode of Sex And The City  .

But doesn't it also mean that in the US too?

I was born and raised in the UK but the first time I ever heard spunk used in the context of the second meaning was in an episode of Sex And The City  Undecided.

I've never ever heard that, eventhough I've watched my fair share of 'Sex and the City'... guess I've lived a sheltered life... lol.

Thanks for the head's up though!

To me spunk has always been the 1st meaning, 'courage or spirit'. Gusto, like "she really showed spunk in the match with players twice her size".

I better adjust my vocab because spunk(y) has always meant an entirely different thing to me.

Yeah, it definitely has the same meaning in the US, at least where I grew up. But people wouldn't get weird about it if you used it the way Beccarose defines it. It's all about context.

One of my favourite books as a child was 'Spunky the story of a Shetland pony'!! Little did I know ...

Yeah, it definitely has the same meaning in the US, at least where I grew up. But people wouldn't get weird about it if you used it the way Beccarose defines it. It's all about context.

second this 

I hadn't really heard it used that way in the USA either and avoided using for a while here until I realized that I heard locals using it both ways, so I was okay. Don't think it's an either/or sort of thing.

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I never heard it used in 'that way' before either in the US or UK, but then it probably wouldn't come up in conversation with anyone I hang around with....

I was born and raised in the UK but the first time I ever heard spunk used in the context of the second meaning was in an episode of Sex And The City  .

Me too!

x0Kiss0fDeath thank you, I did not even know there was a book, will look into that!

There's a whole serious Google Louise Rennison (potential spelling error on her last name). They were fab. I loved them when I was younger. Helped reinforce how bad I wanted to be English instead of American as a kid hahha